Question 1

can i get syphilis by sitting on an infected toilet seat?

Accepted Answer

Virtually impossible: When patients would tell me that they got an std from a toilet seat i would respond that this was a strange place to be having sex.  Anything is possible, but you would have to postulate that someone deposited the organism there immediately before you sat down and that somehow it penetrated intact skin (which the treponema can do).  This is highly improbable.

Question 2

i sat on a wet chair in a restaurant. is it possible to get syphilis from sitting on a wet seat? (wet substance unknown).

Accepted Answer

No: This would be very unlikely to happen.

Question 3

can people catch syphilis from toilets?

Accepted Answer

Syphilis: no. It can only be transmitted from skin to skin contact

Question 4

which stds can people from the toilets is syphilis long or short which i've seen in my urine its coil round and has a long pieaceand sometimes itswavy?

Accepted Answer

Toilet unlikely STDs: Except for the moist secretions from a herpes lesion, most STDs would need more intimate contact than intact thigh skin against a dry toilet seat.  Lesions in your urine sound more like mucous threads and could be coming from the urine or vaginal secretions and could either be normal or related to an infection.  An exam and urinalysis by your family doctor or gyn would help clarify.

Question 5

can syphilis be cured?

Accepted Answer

Germ can be killed: The germs of syphillis can be cured with antibiotics. If that germ has injured or destroyed some tissues in your body those tissues may or may not be able to recover after treatment.

Question 6

what is black syphilis?

Accepted Answer

A myth: There's no such thing as "black syphilis." it's an old myth, perhaps told to soldiers to keep them from having sex with locals.

Question 7

how is syphilis treated?

Accepted Answer

Pencillin: Preferably with high-dose penicillin, either given by injection or infusion, depending on the stage.

Question 8

how do you get syphilis?

Accepted Answer

Exposure to germ: Syphillis is usually transmitted sexually thru contact with an infected person. That person may be asymptomatic and or have thought they had a flu like illness as their only symptoms. Risk of transmission is estimated at 30% per contact during the contageous phaze. Infected women pass it to their babies during pregnancy in the first years they have untreated disease.

Question 9

how does syphilis spread?

Accepted Answer

Skin to skin contact: Syphilis is spread via skin to skin contact with an infected painless sore called a chancre. If the infected sore come into contact with another person during any type of sexual activity then the other person is at risk and should be tested.

Question 10

how do syphilis sores heal?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotics: Use the right kind of antibiotics would do. Let dermatologist help you, don't treat yourself.

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